Living Wage Coalition Presents 5,268 Petition Signatures Demanding a Living Wage
Close to 75 people (including Assemblyperson Barbara Lifton; County Legislative Chair Tim Joseph; and Ithaca Mayor Carolyn Peterson) gathered Thursday outside the Ithaca Wal-Mart to present 5,268 signatures collected onto petitions demanding that Wal-Mart begin to pay it’s employees a Living Wage. Thanks to the close to 100 people that have volunteered their time and [...]
Thousands of signatures, one goal (from The Ithacan, Ithaca College)
The Tompkins County Living Wage Coalition will present Ithaca’s Wal-Mart with a petition today at 4 p.m. requesting that its employees’ wages be raised to the county living standards. A living wage is the minimum income required to be self-sufficient and meet a household’s basic needs, said Pete Meyers, organizer of the coalition. The group [...]
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